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Domain News Snippets

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Neddy 755 Views

Rather than just write a new single subject story each time, Domainer is also going to reintroduce a regular news bulletin of snippets relating to domains in Australia. By regular, this means perhaps twice a week at this stage! We used to do this some time ago.

Todays topics include a revamped expired auction platform at Drop; auDA’s new charges for external review; auDA’s blog link on monetisation; and finally, a solid rumour that there is a new drop catcher in the wings!

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auDA’s New Rules – Amnesty Period?

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Neddy 763 Views

One of the biggest changes regarding Australian domain names is due to come into force next Monday – 12th April 2020. There are to be new licensing rules that will affect the registration and renewal of Aussie domains.

My experience over 20 years tells me that there are going to be many registrants that wouldn’t have a clue this is happening. Hence the title of this article. I wonder whether the auDA Board and Management have considered a short amnesty period for registrants to get their “house in order”? It would be a wonderful gesture.

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Short Domains Continue Their Popularity Rise

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Neddy 579 Views

3 Letter domains continue to be acquired by endusers in Australia, and the average price paid for these unique acronym identifiers goes up and up.

Many of these sales go unreported, but Domainer has been informed that the domain FFI.com.au was recently sold by a domain investor for $30,000.

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Aussie Aftermarket Sales Booming

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Neddy 416 Views

There is no question in my mind that the Covid-19 pandemic has inspired aftermarket domain name sales here in Australia – as it has done around the world.

A lot of people who were suddenly faced with no job had the impetus needed to convert that “idea” they had been thinking about for ages into reality. And for that they needed a good domain name.

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Breaking News – Afilias / auDA

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Neddy 729 Views

In the latest round of international musical chairs (acquisitions and takeovers), Donuts,Inc has acquired Afilias, Inc. Afilias, Inc is the parent company of the Australian Registry Operator “Afilias Australia”. auDA has issued a statement this morning saying that they have “commenced a formal due diligence process to inform its decision regarding consent”.

.AU DOMAIN NEWS .au news Afilias auDA auDA PRP Direct .AU Registration Domain Complaint General

Them’s The auDA Rules (Part 2 – Rorts!)

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Neddy 2429 Views

There is a rort going on, and it involves ineligible entities and people registering .org.au domain names when they are not supposed to. They are not following auDA rules, and the regulator seems to be letting them get away with it.

auDA needs to concentrate their compliance weapons on those doing the most damage.

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Them’s The auDA Rules! (Part 1)

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Neddy 600 Views

Today we start a series on Domainer about the many rules and policies that the Australian domain regulator has.

Unfortunately, in the opinion of many, we are way over-regulated in Australia compared to our peers in other countries. Check out this example:

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auDA – What’s Happening With Netfleet?

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Neddy 540 Views

For those involved on a daily basis in the domain industry, it is common knowledge that NetAlliance t/a Netfleet (an auDA accredited registrar) is not currently in a healthy state. As there has been silence from auDA, we at Domainer put some open questions out there.

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One Good Turn Deserves Another

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Neddy 303 Views

This is a quick story of how an unfortunate minor accident on Hinchinbrook Island in North QLD had a happy ending with a new friendship – and the sale of HinchinbrookIsland.com.au.

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Beware Of Unauthorised Business Use – “UBU”

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Neddy 1169 Views

The scammers are really going for it again. They are illegally using the business details of others to register .au domains. This can obviously cause reputational damage to innocent parties e.g. scammers can put up a fake eCommerce sites and rip off the public. Check out the story here…

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auDA Needs To Audit ORG.au Again

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Neddy 540 Views

Some years ago, auDA audited .org.au domain names to make sure these were being used for a proper purpose i.e. as per auDA policy the org.au 2LD is for non-commercial organisations.

It appears that with no follow up audits, the growth in org.au domains has outstripped all other extensions.

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Money.com.au – $400,000 C.Mills
Pay.com.au – $168,000 N.O’Meara
Fetch.com.au – $132,000 DBR
Sleep.com.au – $100,000 Drops
Broker.com.au – $100,000 Drops
LifeInsurance.com.au – $100,000
Dabble.com.au – $98,000 DNJournal
Link.com.au – $66,000 Turbine
Synergy.com.au – $65,000
Sumo.com.au – $63,250 DBR
Urban.com.au – $59,820 DBR
Finder.com.au – $55,000 Private
Bega.com.au – $50,000 Private
Land.com.au – $50,000 Drops
CPA.com.au – $50,000 Drops
Shift.com.au – $46,000 Activate
PD.com.au – $42,000 DBR
FFI.com.au – $30,000 Private
Wealthy.com.au $27,500 Private
Amber.com.au $27,500 Turbine
TopDesk.com.au $27,000 Sedo
Advice.com.au – $26,100 Netfleet
Gas.com.au – $25,000 Drops
LifeBlood.com.au – $24,200 DBR
Cadence.com.au – $22,500 Netfleet
Vas.com.au – $21,666 DBR
Autopay.com.au – $20,452 DBR
ash.com.au – $17,600 (Turbine)
RFM.com.au – $17,050 Netfleet
Resolve.com.au $16,500 (Turbine)
ES.com.au – $15,400 Private
TradingRoom.com.au – $15,000
Fleet.com.au – $12,000 Turbine
Identify.com.au $10,240 Turbine
AMX.com.au – $9,900 Private
Noom.com.au $7,000 Turbine
Keynotes.com.au $6,900 Private
Unstuck.com.au – $5,500 DBR

Domainer Show

Domainer Show – Episode 33 with Kate Buckley from BuckleyMedia.com

February 28, 2021 Robert 6

Watch as Rob and Ed have a candid catch-up with Kate as she discusses how she got started in the industry, why upgrading to a premium domain name to scale your business is so important, as well as a few domain name sales stories along the way.

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